Vikas BerryFollow @vikasberry

Vikas Berry received his BS from Indian Institute of Technology–Delhi in 1999, and a PhD from Virginia Tech in 2006 following an MS from University of Kansas in 2003. He is currently the Department Head and Professor of Chemical Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago and was previously a faculty member at the Kansas State University (2007-2014). He and his group members study the electrical, structural, and chemical properties of innovatively designed nano- and bio- materials to enable the development of the next-generation-applications in biomedicine, electronics and nanomechanics.

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Current Graduate Students:

Sungjoon Kim

B.S. and M.S. - Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea

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PhD

Optoelectronics and Electronic Properties of 2D nanomaterials and heterostructures

Expected Graduation: Aug. 2023

Roshan Nemade

B.S. - Mumbai University

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PhD

Microbial Fuel Cells and Covalent Organic Frameworks

Expected Graduation: Dec. 2023

Mehran Arzani

B.S. - Islamic Azad University
M.S. - Islamic Azad University

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PhD

Battery Research

Sakshi Singh

B.S. - University of Puget Sound

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Battery Research

Kartikey Sharma

B.S. - University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

PhD

Covalent Organic Frameworks

Expected Graduation: Aug. 2025

Alumni:

Prof. Kabeer Jasuja PhD Completed in 2012 B.Tech - Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur (2006)	PhD	Assistant Professor at Indian Institute Technology - Gandhinagar	Dr. Nihar Mohanty PhD Completed in 2012 B.Tech - Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur (2006)	PhD	Semiconductor Process Engineer at Tokyo Electron Inc.
Dr. Vasanta Pallem Post-Doctorate completed in 2013 PhD - Tennessee Tech	Post-Doc	Graphene Interactions and Graphene quantum Dots Deceased	Prof. T. S. SreePrasad Post-Doctorate completed in 2014 PhD - Indian Institute of Technology - Chennai	Post-Doc	Graphene Functionalization, and Quantum Dots Assistant Professor at University of Texas at El Paso
Vedhika Tiruparkadal Parthasarathy MS Completed 2015	MS	Paper-Based 2D Electronics	Dr. Phong Nguyen PhD Completed 2016	PhD	2D Nanomaterial Growth and Electronics Semiconductor Engineer at Air-Liquide
Kai-Chih Chang MS Completed 2016	MS	Solar Cells from 2D Nanomaterials	Xin Yu MS completed in 2017	MS	Graphene Photovoltaics
Prof. Sanjay Behura [LINK]	PD/ RAP	Graphene and 2D heterostructure Growth and Characterization Assistant Professor at UAPB	Dr. Shikai Deng PhD Completed 2017	PhD	Wrinkles in 2D Nanomaterials: Science and Technology Currently Post-Doc at Northwestern University
Dr. Songwei Che PhD completed in 2018 B.S: Shenyang University; M.S: Zhengzhou University	PhD	Non-Destructive Functionalization of Graphene Currently at Lam Research	Dr. Chen Wang PhD completed in 2019 B.S. - Nanjing University	PhD	Graphene Growth; Raman Spectrometer; Functionalization Assistant Professor at Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology
Rousan Debbarma B.S. - Indian Institute of Technology - Mumbai Citations	PhD	Optoelectronics and Electronic Properties of 2D nanomaterials Currently Post-Doc at Lund University, Sweden	Bijentimala Keisham (Nicky) B.S. - Amity University; and M.S. - National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli Citations	PhD	Neurological Diseases and Cancer Detection via 2D Nano-interfaces; Post-Doc at University of Chicago
Deisy Carvalho Fernandes B.S. - University of Illinois at Chicago Citations	PhD	3D Printing of 2D Nanomaterials; Bio-Nanotechnology Assistant Professor, University of Utah	Hisham Ageel Maddah B.S. -King Abdulaziz University; M.S. - University of Southern California Citations	PhD	Low-dimensional materials and semiconductors for energy harvesting Assistant Professor at King Abdulaziz University
Yu Wen B.S -Hainan University	PhD	2D Nanomaterials	Donovan Briggs B.S - Washburn University	M.S.	MoS2 Functionalization and Growth
Ngoc Hoang Lan Nguyen B.S. - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea Citations	PhD	Semiconductor Process Engineer, Intel	Sheldon Cotts B.S. - University of Puget Sound Citations	PhD	Senior Engineer, Alterra Energy
Ali Ahmadian Yazdi B.S. - Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran M.S. - Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran Citations	PhD	Postdoc, University of Washington